EE was working outside prep plant on disassembly of vibrating screen. Removed screen from prep plant was on ground, while foreman was checking area, sideboard of screen began to fall. EE tried to avoid injury by moving out of the way but was pinned by sideboard against smaller screen which had been removed from prep plant. EE suffered fatal injuries. Under investigation by MSHA.
Peabody Energy CorporationController
- Fatalities
- 18
- Total incidents
- 7,184
- Mines on record
- 77
- Years on record
- 2000–2026
Safety benchmark
Recorded fatalities relative to other controllers with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 590 controllers with at least one recorded fatality.
More recorded fatalities than 98% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
- Massey Energy Company55fatal6,541 total
- CONSOL Energy Inc32fatal7,548 total
- Robert E Murray19fatal7,836 total
- Peabody Energy Corporationthis controller18fatal7,184 total
- Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.16fatal6,829 total
Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA controllers with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.
Top causes
- MACHINERY2 fatalities · 88 non-fatal
- FIRE1 fatality · 90 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS266 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON149 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK93 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE69 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Operators under this controller
- Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC235
- Peabody Powder River Mining LLC197
- Peabody Southeast Mining, LLC159
- Peabody Gateway North Mining, LLC110
- Peabody Twentymile Mining LLC88
- Peabody Caballo Mining, LLC80
- Peabody Bear Run Mining LLC63
- Peabody Natural Resources Company27
- Peabody Western Coal Company27
- Peabody Wild Boar Mining, LLC9
- Big Ridge Inc3
- United Minerals Company LLC2
Mines on record
- Shoal Creek MineAL
- Kayenta MineAZ
- Foidel Creek MineCO
- Gateway MineIL
- Preparation PlantIL
- Wildcat Hills Mine - Cottage Grove PitIL
- Willow Lake Central Preparation PlantIL
- Wildcat Hills Mine-UndergroundIL
- Gateway North MineIL
- Columbia Maintenance ServicesIN
- Francisco MineIN
- Somerville Central MineIN
- Francisco Underground PitIN
- West 61IN
- Bear Run MineIN
- Wild Boar MineIN
- Lee Ranch Coal MineNM
- El SegundoNM
- Rawhide MineWY
- Caballo MineWY
- North Antelope Rochelle MineWY
Fatalities under this controller
18 recordedContractor suffered fatal injuries while performing maintenance on ""Dutchman"" of electric shovel bucket. Fatal injuries resulted from being pinned between shovel bucket door and bucket.
The IE was hauling overburden in a Cat 793 end dump to a fill area. The front area on the end dump caught fire. The IE parked the truck on the fill and exited the end dump. The IE sustained multiple burn injuries as a result of the exit. IE passed away on 09/12/18. Ultimate cause of death is pending the coroner's report.